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appleinsider.com - 18 days ago
Report: Apple testing RFID swipe support in iPhone prototypes
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A site focused on Near Field Communications has reported that Apple has built new iPhone prototypes with hardware support for sensing RFID chips.
nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com - 19 days ago
Apple testing RFID
— nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com — Einar Rosenberg, who runs the Near Field Communications Group on Linkedin.com, has reported the following: Had to share this news. A highly reliable source has informed me that Apple has built some prototypes of the next gen iPhone with an RFID reader ... (more) Apple testing RFID

Comments vote down 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence found this 19 days agofound this
Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?
theiphoneblog.com - 18 days ago
Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?
— theiphoneblog.com — According to AppleInsider , Near Field Communications reports that Apple has built iPhone prototypes equipped with RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification). For those unfamiliar, RFID is either super-convenient, terrifyingly insecure, or both. ... (more) Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?

Comments vote down The Free iPhone Blog found this 18 days agofound this
Apple testing RFID-equipped iPhone, expert claims
9to5mac.com - 18 days ago
Apple testing RFID-equipped iPhone, expert claims
— 9to5mac.com — So what would you do with an RFID-equipped iPhone? Use it as a credit card, perhaps? As a driving license? A passport? As a way to find your iPhone, in conjunction with GPS? Well, if a report crossing our desk this afternoon has substance, Apple’s ... (more) Apple testing RFID-equipped iPhone, expert claims

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Rumor: 8GB iPhone 3GS To Appear Before Christmas
Cult of Mac — ... would seem to defy Apple’s usual practice of unveiling new iPhones in the summer. In related news, Apple reportedly is testing iPhones that support RFID, allowing the handsets to connect to make payments or use the technology to gather product data. The report follows previous Apple forays into RFID for the iPhone. One Apple patent involved a touchscreen RFID sensor, while other work centered on using RFID to find and connect to Wi-Fi networks. [Via BGR , Gizmodo and AppleInsider ] Posted by Ed Sutherland in News | Comment on this ...

Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID?
The iPhone Blog — ... According to AppleInsider, Near Field Communications reports that Apple has built iPhone prototypes equipped with RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification). ...

Rumor Has It: 8GB 3GS, RFID-Capable iPhones on the Way?
TheAppleBlog — ... AppleInsider reports that Apple is looking into integrating RFID swipe support into new iPhone prototypes, according to a report by a site devoted to near field communications. iPhones boasting RFID capabilities could allow for things like making swipe payments, proximity alerts, and getting information and data from swiping RFID-embedded objects or even animals. ...

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Apple Readying RFID Enabled iPhone?
modmyi.com 18 days ago — Einar Rosenberg, Chief Technology Officer of Narian Technologies, is being widely quoted today about speculation that Apple is currently tinkering with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip for possible inclusion in the next generation iPhone. Quote:  ...
RFID coming to iPhones? — The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Photo courtesy of flickr: Thijs Jacobs Back in April 2009, TUAW's Dave Caolo posted a video showing off the potential (and some of the potential annoyances as well) and possibilities of an RFID-enabled iPhone world via an ...
Rumor: Apple May Be Bringing RFID to the iPhone — The Mac Observer
Apple has apparently been testing prototype versions of the next generation iPhone with RFID support built-in. If true, the next iPhone hardware update could lets users interact with other RFID-enabled devices.
Apple Building iPhone Prototypes with RFID? — The Free iPhone Blog
According to AppleInsider, Near Field Communications reports that Apple has built iPhone prototypes equipped with RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification). For those unfamiliar, RFID is either super-convenient, terrifyingly insecure, or both. In a nutshell, it broadcasts a signal that can be read ...
Apple Working on RFID iPhone? — EverythingiCafe
Take this with a healthy dose of salt, but 9to5 Mac is reporting that Apple may be working on embedding RFID readers into the iPhone. So this won’t be constantly and insecurely transmitting data, which is one of the worries in the current generation of RFID transmitter equipped cards and ...